NBA Draft

Trent Clark wasn't 10 minutes removed from being the 15th overall pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in Major League Baseball's first-year amateur draft in June when a friend asked if he was "coming to JJ's tonight?" The Texas high school standout slipped into his boyish smile with a slight laugh and said, "No, I need to stay on top of this and see what happens." Clark's answer points to his all-business and grown-up approach to life after high school, a life now centered on professional baseball. Being a teen millionaire is not unique in sports. In baseball alone, there are plenty of high school players signing for million dollar bonuses each...

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Trent Clark wasn't 10 minutes removed from being the 15th overall pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in Major League Baseball's first-year amateur draft in June when a friend asked if he was "coming to JJ's tonight?" The Texas high school...

LeBron James' "favorite player" in the 2014 NBA draft now has something in common with James: both are former Miami Heat players.
The Sun Sentinel confirmed Sunday that the Heat will trade former UConn star Shabazz Napier to the Orlando Magic...

LAS VEGAS One thing appears to be certain for the 76ers: Their top scoring option is Jahlil Okafor. The third pick in the NBA draft averaged 15.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in five summer league games, scoring 18 or more points on three...

So Sports Illustrated writer Peter King reported Wednesday that Brett Favre considered playing for the Bears or Vikings in 2008 when his Packers exit became imminent.
Think punter Brad Maynard would have given up No. 4?
The question always was moot....

LAS VEGAS Jahlil Okafor keeps rising to the occasion. The 76ers rookie center once again had a solid performance Tuesday in a matchup featuring two of the top four picks in the NBA draft. This time, it came in an 84-81 overtime loss to Kristaps...

LAS VEGAS As the first Indian-born player drafted in the NBA, Satnam Singh is a very big deal. While basketball is not exactly the most popular sport in India, the prospect of Singh breaking barriers has the country excited. The Mavs, who used the...

Joel Embiid may not make his NBA debut until 2016, if at all. Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers have determined the center will have a second surgery on his right foot, this time a bone graft procedure. The 76ers confirmed the news Saturday night. The...

In the highly anticipated summer league debut of the top two selections in the 2015 NBA draft, it was last year’s 46th pick who shined the brightest.
Second-year guard Jordan Clarkson had 23 points to the lead the Lakers, though his scoring output wasn’t...

The Lakers acquired 7-foot-2 center Roy Hibbert on Thursday, sending a future second-rounder to the Indiana Pacers.
"We’re happy to add a veteran big man to the roster," said General Manager Mitch Kupchak in a statement. "Roy is a...

Former Duke center Jahlil Okafor had a mentor parked next to him during his first two NBA games at the Utah Jazz Summer League — albeit one not much older than he is. Center Nerlens Noel was all in Okafor's ear, allaying any concerns that there may be...

SALT LAKE CITY Jahlil Okafor is healthy. He's on the court learning the system and producing. It's a scenario the 76ers have not had with their top NBA draft acquisitions in each of the last two summers. And that's why there's a lot of excitement...

George Karl will gladly take a seat and observe. His assistant coaches will be in charge of the Kings' three-day minicamp, which started Tuesday at their practice facility, and their Las Vegas Summer League team, which opens play Friday. Chad Iske...

NBA free agency began in Los Angeles at 9:01 p.m. on Tuesday. The Lakers have agreed to terms with exactly zero free agents.
The team met twice with forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who announced on Saturday that he'll join the San Antonio Spurs.
Marc...

Mike Oliver had a theory about the first $3 million Cliff Alexander was going to make.
"As soon as he signs the contract, $2,999,000 will be gone," Alexander's high school coach at Curie said early in 2014.
As a consensus top-five recruit...

The Clippers did not have a lottery pick or even a selection in the first round of the draft last week, but there will be a player who once went No. 16 overall on their summer league team in Orlando, Fla.
He is Royce White, a 2012 first-round draft...

All indications suggest that Orlando Magic draft pick Mario Hezonja will finalize his buyout from FC Barcelona soon, perhaps as early as Monday, a league source told the Orlando Sentinel.
The Magic selected Hezonja fifth overall in the 2015...

Somebody had to be first.
Dave Schellhase remembers vividly how he felt when he became the Bulls' inaugural NBA draft pick on May 11, 1966.
After Schellhase averaged an NCAA-leading 32.5 points per game as a senior at Purdue, the expansion Bulls of...

Adrian Wojnarowski stole the show at the NBA draft on Thursday night, but not in a way that sat well with some fans.
The NBA Insider for Yahoo Sports and Fox Sports 1 was banking it left and right, from informing Kristaps Porzingis’ that he’d...

On Thursday, the Lakers drafted Ohio State guard D'Angelo Russell, arguably the most talented playmaker in the draft.
The 6-foot-5 19-year-old was recently featured on ESPN's "Sport Science," where his passing skill was put on display.
Via the...